LEARN/CREATE (MT)

NOTE: When the Idaho Legislature is in session, programming on the Learn/Create and World channels may be pre-empted for live coverage from the House and Senate floors.

1:30 pm

Teaching Reading K-2: A Library of Classroom Practices"Promoting Readers As Leaders"
Valerie Kostandos believes all her first-grade students in Melrose, Massachusetts should take on the role of leader. This contributes to a learning climate where students see themselves as readers, writers, and leaders who manage their classroom routines. They take attendance, help each other discover the motivation of a character in a text, and make decisions about when they need support in reading. D

Discovering Psychology"The Developing Child"
Traces the processes and stages of growth and considers the nature vs. nurture debate by showing how developmental psychologists study the relative influence of heredity and environment.G

3:30 pm

Discovering Psychology"Language Development"
Examines the development of language and what psychologists hope to discover about the human mind, society and culture by studying how children use language in social communication.G

4:00 pm

Design Squad"Band Cam"
World music band Zili Misik challenges the teams to create remote-controlled aerial camera systems to cover their live performance.G

4:30 pm

Biz Kid$"Using Your Credit-Crazy Or Compelling?"
Don't live on borrowed time. Join the Biz Kids and you'll see the true cost of purchasing with credit. You'll also have an unsettling look at credit scores and the increasing number of people and places (employers, insurers, colleges, etc. D

5:00 pm

The Electric Company"Madame President"
Lisa and Francine face off in the election for Book Club President. Can Lisa's campaign message win out over Francine's dirty politics?. D

5:30 pm

Cyberchase"Castleblanca"
Dr. Marbles is captured by Hacker and taken to Castleblanca, a cyberspace version of Transylvania. Hacker's goal: transfer Marbles' brainpower into his newly-built robot named Megabyte! Summoned by Motherboard, the kids and Digit arrive with the knowledge that Hacker has taken Marbles to a castle - but which one? There are hundreds and hundreds of castles. To find Marbles, the kids must master the art of properly collecting data, organizing it and graphing the results - which are sometimes surprising!G

6:00 pm

Quilting Arts"Creative Quilting"
Every once in a while we need to jump-start our creativity. Maybe it's finding a new source of inspiration or a new supply, and sometimes it's as simple as learning a new technique. This episode does all three. D

6:30 pm

Best of the Joy of Painting"Autumn Palette"
Venture down a pathway with artist Bob Ross, you'll savor gorgeous fall-time woods and the glory of color!. D

America's Test Kitchen from Cook's Illustrated"Simple & Satisfying Vegetable Mains"
Man on the Street John "Doc" Willoughby ventures to New York City to learn about vegetarian cooking from Amanda Cohen at Dirt Candy. Back in the test kitchen, test cook Becky Hays shows host Christopher Kimball how to make a great Mushroom and Leek Galette with Gorgonzola at home. Next, equipment expert Adam Ried reviews his favorite vegetable cleavers in the Equipment Corner. D

Kimchi Chronicles"The Pork Chronicles"
As opposed to the lean-is-better preference in the United States, Koreans love their pork full of fat - and flavor. In this episode, Marja, her dear friend, the actress Heather Graham, and an expert food blogger named Daniel eat classic pork barbeque at Heukdonga restaurant in Seoul. They also stop by Songgane Gamjatang, where Seoul's taxi drivers convene for pork bone soup and the grand pork dish known as bo ssam. D